Las Vegas

alan280170

As I said in another post money down but watching dwarf throwing in a penthouse suite made it sort of worth it. 3 days to go.

sheriffwoody

i am off to Vegas at the end of March - staying in the Signature at MGM Grand, so should be decent.

one thing - we want to do the rides at the top of the Stratosphere hotel, and have found this link
Stratosphere Tower Thrill Rides  -  Las Vegas  | Rides on top of the Stratosphere in Vegas | Rides That Make You Scream in Las Vegas | Stratosphere Tower Rides and Tickets

am i right in reading that for $36 we will get tower tickets (which are needed anyway to ride the rides) and then unlimited go's on the 3 rides (not the sky jump).

that does seem pretty reasonable, seen as each ride is $15 to go on anyway?

sheriffwoody

anyone got any tips on night clubs to visit? we are looking to reserve a table in one, not sure which one yet.

i assume the cost is going to be pretty heavy? upwards of $1500 for 5 or 6 of us? is that a reasonable amount to assume?

johndeere2013

2 of us off to Vegas for 4 days in may!! Can't wait. Staying at the luxor, I'll keep eye on this thread. Not planning much sleep!! Anyone recommend good bars etc?

sheriffwoody

looking into table service, rumours are that it is one bottle per 3 people (so we would need 2 bottles minimum) and a bottle costs around $500 each! then tip and tax needs to be added as well.

alan280170

It will be expensive, I payed $1200 for a magnum of grey goose at the Rehab pool party at the HRH, which came to $1350 with tip. Bottle service is cheaper than rounds also easier if you are a big drinker, we went to 6 or 7 clubs had VIP entry for most of them. But one, Pure now the Omnia I believe IIRC we didn't have passes and the queue was 300 or more, slid into the VIP line paid $150 each to skip. Drink are roughly $20  for a premium Vodka etc.

Don't know your budget but if you're partying at the top spots, take lots of money I spend over $10k in 4 nights.

sheriffwoody

$10k in 4 nights? fudgeing hell. we are going for 6 nights and i had budgeted about $2-2.5k. that is all i can afford anyway tbh.

couple of the guys really want to do table service at a club, but i don't want to spend that sort of money just to get a table. would rather get there early ish, queue up and then buy drinks at $10-20 a time.

alan280170

Haha, 2K should be fine, just means you queue or score some free tickets. Use the Vegas sandwich when you check into your hotel.

sheriffwoody

tbh, i don't think clubbing will happen every night anyway. it might happen once or twice. gambling will happen a fair bit, and then seeing what else is out there.

i have heard in some of the casino's you can drink for free whilst gambling, so that will be me sorted for a while.

oh, and i am going to this place at some point, even if it is on my own
Burger Bar - The Ultimate Burger Experience & More

p.s what is the vegas sandwich?

domtheone

Not quite.

The $36 gets you access to the Tower and 1 x ride on each of the 3 rides.  The ticket contains 3 x tear offs, 1 for each ride.

I still have my complete ticket as a souvenir as i bottled all 3 rides when i was there last Dec.

Had just jumped out of a plane several hours earlier as well

Soon as i got up there and looked out the window, i got the shakes.  Never recovered after that.  My mate went on all 3 rides on his own while his Mrs (they got married there) and me watched on

Whilst i was in NY NY, they were in the Sig Grand straight across the road (20 min walk (all the way through the MGM Grand lobby/casino area - pretty amazing how big it is) between hotel rooms though).  Their room, some sort of suite (not a mega posh one) was pretty nice

Have fun.  Envious

Mates are going back again in June.  I'm not